# Katol Assembly constituency

Katol Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

## Overview

Katol (constituency number 48) is one of the 12 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Nagpur district. It covers the entire Narkhed and Katol talukas and part of Nagpur (Rural) taluka. Number of electorates was 245,811 in 2009 (male 128,076, female 117,735).
Katol is part of the Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments of this district, namely Savner, Hingna, Umred, Kamthi and Ramtek. In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Election the candidates listed below were standing in this assembly seat:-
* Ashish Ranjit Deshmukh- - Bhartiya Janta Party
* Rahul Virendrababu Deshmukh- - Shetakari Kamagar paksh
* Rajendra Harne- - Shivsena
* Dinesh Thakre- - Indian National Congress
* Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh- - Nationalist Congress Party
* Gaikwad- - Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
* Vrushabh gajananrao Wankhede-aam
Admi party

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1962 | Shankarrao Gedam | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Jiwanlal Chandak | Independent |
| 1972 | Shankarrao Gedam | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Mukundrao Mankar | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1980 | Shrikant Jichkar | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Sunil Shinde | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 1990 | Sunil Shinde | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Anil Deshmukh | Independent |
| 1999 | Anil Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2004 | Anil Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2009 | Anil Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2014 | Ashish Deshmukh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Anil Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2024 | Charansing Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Katol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Charansing Thakur | 104,338 | 52.44 |
| | NCP-SP | Salil Anil Deshmukh | 65,522 | 32.93 |
| | RSPS | Sandeep Lokhande | 165 | 0.08 |
| | NCP | Anil Shankarrao Deshmukh (Mahayuti dummy candidate) | 1,066 | 0.54 |
| | PWPI | Rahul Deshmukh | 6,182 | 3.11 |
| | Independent | Yajnavalkya Shrikant Jichkar | 13,922 | 7.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38816 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198980 | |
| | BJP gain from NCP-SP | BJP gain from NCP-SP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Katol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NCP | Anil Deshmukh | 96,842 | 50.96% |
| | BJP | Charansing Thakur | 79,785 | 41.99% |
| | VBA | Dinesh Tule | 5,807 | 3.06% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,004 | 1.05% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,057 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 190017 | 69.79 |
| | NCP gain from BJP | NCP gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Katol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Dr. Ashish Ranjeet Deshmukh | 70,344 | 39.66 |
| | NCP | Anil Deshmukh | 64,787 | 36.53 |
| | SS | Rajendra Manohar Harne | 13,649 | 7.7 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 550 | 0.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,557 | 1.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,77,356 | 70.71 |
| | BJP gain from NCP | BJP gain from NCP | Swing | |